How do I make H = -1 on a worksheet, yet show H?

G

Guybon Berry

I am completely confused.
H represents a staff member on Holiday.
I have a total number of staff and want H to represent -1.
If H is entered in any of the range of cells selected it must represent -1
and be able to be included in a formula.
Please help.
 
R

Ron Rosenfeld

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:19:26 -0800, Guybon Berry <Guybon
I am completely confused.
H represents a staff member on Holiday.
I have a total number of staff and want H to represent -1.
If H is entered in any of the range of cells selected it must represent -1
and be able to be included in a formula.
Please help.
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You might be able to incorporate a COUNTIF function in your formula:

=Staff_Numbers - COUNTIF(rng,"H")


--ron
 
N

Niek Otten

Don't do it that way. It can be done, but you can be sure you'll get yourself into trouble some time.
Use an extra cell (which you can hide) with a formula like

=IF(A1="H",-1,"YesWhatElse")

YesWhatElse: you didn't specify
 
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